Pteronotus quadridens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Mormoopidae
Genus: Pteronotus
Subgenus: Pteronotus (Chilonycteris)
Species: Pteronotus quadridens
Subspecies (2): P. q. fuliginosus – P. q. quadridens

Name

Pteronotus quadridens (Gundlach, 1840)

• Syntypes: ZMB 2458, ZMB 2807, ZMB 2869, ZMB 4210, ZMB 6075, ZMB 67414-67416, ZMB 67418, ZMB A2311a, and ZMB A2259b
• Type locality: “Cafetal St. Antonio el Fundador”, Canimar, Cuba.

Combinations

• Lobostoma quadridens Gundlach, 1840: 357 [original combination]
• Chilonycteris quadridens — Wagner, 1855: 678 [subsequent combination]
• Pteronotus quadridens — Silva Taboada, 1976: 7 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Hispaniola: Haiti and Dominican Republic
• Puerto Rico

References

Primary references

• Gundlach, J. 1840. Beschreibung von vier auf Cuba gefangenen Fledermäusen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1): 356–358. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Miller, B., Reid, F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. 2016. IUCN: Pteronotus quadridens  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T18710A22076753. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18710A22076753.en. Accessed on 11 March 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Sooty Mustached Bat